Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William Blitch, all of Columbia; and
Solicitor Warren B. Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: In
this criminal action, Jaymes Michael Wood contends the plea judge erred in not
recusing himself from the case when Wood was pleading guilty to criminal sexual
conduct (CSC) with a minor, and the plea judge stated prior to sentencing that
his own daughter had been assaulted when she was eight years old. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR,
and the following authorities:

As to whether the plea judge
erred in not recusing himself from Wood's plea, we find Wood did not properly
preserve this issue. SeeWilder Corp. v. Wilke, 330 S.C. 71, 76,
497 S.E.2d 731, 733 (1998) ("It is axiomatic that an issue cannot be
raised for the first time on appeal, but must have been raised to and ruled
upon by the trial judge to be preserved for appellate review."); Parker
v. Shecut, 340 S.C. 460, 496-97, 531 S.E.2d 546, 566 (Ct. App. 2000) (holding
a party that fails to move for recusal does not preserve the issue for
appellate review), rev'd on other grounds, 349 S.C. 226, 562 S.E.2d 620
(2002); Dixon v. Dixon, 362 S.C. 388, 399, 608 S.E.2d 849, 854 (2005)
(holding that an issue first raised in a post-trial motion is not preserved for
appellate review).